Carline J D, Cullen T J, Scott C S, Shannon N F, Schaad D
J Med Educ. 1983 Jan;58(1):18-25. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198301000-00005.
The results of a predictive validity study of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) using criteria from the clinical years of undergraduate medical education are presented and discussed. The criteria included course grades and faculty ratings of clerks in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatry; scores on a comprehensive test of clinical knowledge (including patient management type examinations); and scores on Part II of the examinations of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). While the validity coefficients of the MCAT with the Part II examinations ranged from .03 to .47, they were higher than those of undergraduate grade-point averages with the same criteria. The implications of the small-to-medium size validity coefficients for admissions are discussed.
本文展示并讨论了一项使用本科医学教育临床阶段标准对新的医学院入学考试（MCAT）进行预测效度研究的结果。这些标准包括内科、外科、妇产科、儿科和精神病学课程成绩及教员对实习医生的评分；临床知识综合测试（包括患者管理类型考试）的分数；以及美国国家医学考试委员会（NBME）考试第二部分的分数。虽然MCAT与第二部分考试的效度系数在0.03至0.47之间，但高于相同标准下本科平均绩点的效度系数。文中讨论了这些中低等效度系数对招生的影响。
